Within the framework of the National Environment and Health Action Plan
(NEHAP), the Netherlands is working on a national environment and health
information system. One of the purposes of the system is to facilitate
evaluations of (environment and health) policies and for geographical
comparisons in the field of environment and health. WHO is also
developing an Environment and Health Information System at the European
level. The pilot study described here is part of this implementation
process. Environment and health indicators, covering air quality, noise,
housing, traffic accidents, water and sanitation, chemical emergencies
and radiation were tested on availability, quality, comparability and
policy-relevance in 11 European countries, including the Netherlands.
Results in the Netherlands show that reliable and complete information is
available on almost all of the selected indicators. On the basis of the
international results of the pilot study, indicators have been selected
for which the actual data will be collected in a follow-up project.
These indicators will be part of the Dutch information
system.

Within the framework of the National Environment and Health Action Plan
(NEHAP), the Netherlands is working on a national environment and health
information system. One of the purposes of the system is to facilitate
evaluations of (environment and health) policies and for geographical
comparisons in the field of environment and health. WHO is also
developing an Environment and Health Information System at the European
level. The pilot study described here is part of this implementation
process. Environment and health indicators, covering air quality, noise,
housing, traffic accidents, water and sanitation, chemical emergencies
and radiation were tested on availability, quality, comparability and
policy-relevance in 11 European countries, including the Netherlands.
Results in the Netherlands show that reliable and complete information is
available on almost all of the selected indicators. On the basis of the
international results of the pilot study, indicators have been selected
for which the actual data will be collected in a follow-up project.
These indicators will be part of the Dutch information
system.